Accompanies Lesson: 10
Objectives
Students will:
- recognize symptoms of eye pain, tooth or mouth injury, infection and slivers of varying levels of severity
- identify appropriate responses to these symptoms based on the severity of the symptoms
- identify basic strategies for dealing with minor symptoms of eye pain, tooth or mouth injury infection and slivers
Teacher Notes
Be sure students understand the importance of getting medical advice (i.e., calling their doctor) if they have questions or concerns about their symptoms. Refer to LifeFacts for Prevention Strategies and details on when to get medical help.
In this picture, you can see injuries to the eye and mouth. Adrienne got some soap in her eye while washing her hair it stings Eye pain happens when something gets in the eye, is splashed into the eye, when the eye is injured, or when the eye is exposed to (in the same area as) smoke or pollution.
Teaching Questions
A person could take care of eye pain by:
- not rubbing the eye
- not putting anything (solution) in eye
- dirt, eyelashes or dust should wash out by themselves
- rest eye limit reading, look away at distant objects
- darken the room
- ask a doctor about possible prescription or non-prescription medicines that may help
Rad was playing ball with his pals. The ball hit him in the mouth and he is bleeding. Brad should take care of his mouth injury by ice to the area
swish mouth with ice water apply pressure
LifeFacts Assessment
Ask: What has happened in this picture? What should be done about the mouth injury? What should be done about the eye injury?